Barcelona fell 3-1 to Workshops in Córdoba, on the 4th of CONMEBOL Libertadores. With two days left in the group stage, Barcelona has only 2 points and is eliminated from the next phase.
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The Córdoba team completed 10 points and remains firmly in first place. Sao Paulo’s victory against Cobresal sentenced the elimination of the Idol.
Barcelona has the option of finishing in third place in its bracket and fighting to qualify for the CONMEBOL Sudamericana play offs.
Talleres scored in the 13th and 25th minutes to secure the match. Barcelona reacted in the second half and generated some important plays, but it was not until the 61st minute that they scored due to the action of Joao Rojas. A well-known Ecuadorian soccer player, Gustavo Bou, sealed the 3-1 score in the 90+4 minute.
It is the second defeat that Barcelona suffers in this Libertadores, before they lost 2-0 against Sao Paulo in Guayaquil.
In this Wednesday’s game, the team failed in all blocks. Goalkeeper Javier Burrai was far from his best performance, with many doubts and late reactions.
In defense, the line of three defenders was complicated in marking and gave freedom to the rival forwards. Precisely, Lucas Sosa did not go out to mark Matías Catalán, who scored the first goal.
The midfield lacked branding and on offense, it lacked generating more. Damián Díaz and Joao Rojas, with ups and downs. His lack of collective work meant that Adonis Preciado did not receive goals.
Preciado returned to play as a forward, a position that is not his. Coach Ariel Halan hopes for Francisco Fydriszewski’s full recovery. His natural replacements are Allen Obando and Djorkaeff Reasco, who did not travel to Argentina.
Barcelona still has to play against Sao Paulo in Brazil and in Guayaquil it will receive Cobresal, a team with which it could define third place, which gives a place in the ‘play off’ of the CONMEBOL Sudamericana.